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Old April 24, 2008, 08:59 AM
cuztomized2 cuztomized2 is offline
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Talking First Build advice/suggestions, anything plz

Hi guys

long time reader. first post

i will get right to the point
im planning to run latest games on either 22" 1680 x 1050 or 24" 1920x1200 resolution
total budget $2000

Case: Coolermaster CM Stacker 830 E-ATX Black Aluminum Case 9X5.25 4X3.5INT No PS W/ 2X120MM Fan

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Dual Core Processor LGA775 3.0GHZ Wolfdale 1333FSB 6MB Retail

RAM: Mushkin XP PC2-8000 Redline 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-1000 CL5-5-5-12 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit

Video card: EVGA E-GEFORCE 8800GTS KO 678MHZ 512MB 1.94GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDTV Out Video Card

Mobo: ASUS Maximus Formula LGA775 X38 ATX DDR2 2PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 2PCI 2GBLAN SATA RAID 1394 Motherboard

PSU: PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad CrossFire 750W ATX V2.2 EPS12 24PIN Active PFC Power Supply Red

going air
HS: Thermalright ULTRA-120 Extreme 6 Heatpipe Cooler LGA775 Heatsink *Fan Not Included*
Fan: Noctua NF-P12-1300 120MM Ultra Quiet Cooling Fan 1100-1300RPM 63-92M3/H 12.6-19.8DBA Molex
t paste: Arctic Cooling MX-2 Thermal Compound Paste NON-ELECTRICAL Conductive 4 Gram

not sure on HDDs yet
gata buy new monitor and keyboard + mouse as well

im planning to do 450 fsb with this build

any advice/suggestions
or just drop by and say hi to a newcomer

thanks in advance

Last edited by cuztomized2; April 28, 2008 at 07:19 AM.
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